17 December 1997

Château de la Muette, Paris, France

SIGNATURE OF THE CONVENTION ON COMBATING BRIBERY OF FOREIGN PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

CONVENTION ON COMBATING BRIBERY OF FOREIGN PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

The Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Officials in International Business Transactions was adopted on the 21 November 1997 by the Negotiating Conference. Representatives of the then 29 OECD Member countries and five non-members i.e. Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile and the Slovak Republic, signed the Convention on 17 December 1997. Signatories committed to criminalise bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions and to engage in a unique monitoring process by peers.

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Donald J. JOHNSTON, OECD Secretary GeneralPresident: Jacques DONDOUX, Secretary of State of External

Trade, Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, France

Signing: Günter Rexdot, Federal Minister of Economy, Germany

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Signing: Raul Granillo Campo, Minister of Justice, Argentina

Signature of Australia

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Signing: Nikolaus Michalek, Minister of Justice, Austria

Signing: Stefaan de Cleerck, Minister of Justice, BelgiumNikolaus Michalek, Minister of Justice, Austria

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Signing: Eduardo Jorge Caldas Pereira, Secretary General of the Presidence of the Republic, Brazil

Stefaan de Clerck, Minister of Justice, Belgium

Signing: Vassil Gotzev, Minister of Justice and European Integration, Bulgaria

Pierre S. Pettigrew, Minister of Human Resources, Canada (left)

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Alexis Guardia, Chilean Embassy, Paris

Signing: Chog-Il Won, Vice-Minister of Justice, Korea

Signing: Flemming Hedegaard, Permanent Representative, Denmark

Signing: Pierre S. Pettigrew, Minister of Human Resources Development, Canada

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Signing: Rodrigo Rato Figaredo, Vice-President, Minister of Economy and Finances, Spain

Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State, USA

Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State, USA, (Centre)Juoko Skinnari, Minister of Finance, Finland (Left)

Rodrigo Rato Figaredo, Vice-President, Minister of Economy and Finances, Spain (Right)

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Signing: Juoko Skinnari, Ministry of Finance, Finland

Signing: Alexandros Baltas, State Secretary for National Economy, Greece

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Chairman: Dominique Strauss Kahn, Minister Econmy, Finances and Industry, France

Elisabeth Guigou, French Minister of Justice (Left)Jacques Dondoux, State Secretary, French Ministry of Economy,

Finances and Industry (Standing)

Signing: Pal Vastach, Minister of Justice, Hungary

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Signing: Mary Wallace, Minister of State, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Ireland

Signin: Sverrir Haukur Gunnlaugsson, IcelandGiovanni Maria Flick, Minister of Justice, Italy

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Signing: Maahiko Komura, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, JapanRobert Goebbels, Minister of Economy, Public Work and Energy, Luxembourg

Arseni Farrel Cubillas, Minister of Public Affairs Management and Development, Mexico

Signing: Giovanni Maria Flick, Minister of Justice, Italy

Maahniko Komura, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Japan

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Signing: Arseni Farrel Cubillas, Minister of Public Affairs Management and Development, Mexico

Bjorn Solbakken, State Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Norway

Signing: Bjorn Solbakken, State Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Norway

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Signing: Julian Ludbrook, Deputy Permanent Representative, New Zealand

Signing: Egbert Jacobs, Permanent Representative, NetherlandsHanna Suchocka, Minister of Justice, Poland (Left)

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Signing: Jose Cera Jardim, Minister of Justice, Portugal

Josef Liscak, Minister of Justice, Slovak Republic

Signing: Josef Liscak, Minister of Justice, Slovak RepublicJaromir Privatsky, Permanent Representative, Czech Republic

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Leif Pragrotsky, Trade Minister, Sweden (Left)Lord Stanley Clinton-Davis, Trade Minister, UK (Right)

Signing: Jaromir Privatsky, Permanent Representative, Czech Republic

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Signing: Leif Pragrotsky, Trade Minister, Sweden

Signing: Jean Pascal, Delamraz, Federal Consellor, Head, Federal Department of

Public Economy, Switzerland

Signing: Oltan Sungurlu, Minister of Justice, Turkey

CONVENTION ON COMBATING BRIBERY OF FOREIGN PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

For more information: www.oecd.org/bribery